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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)266209https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=266209
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Diplocynodon : Diplocynodon darwini
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
-Pseudosuchia
-SuchiaKrebs 1974
-ParacrocodylomorphaParrish 1993
-Loricata
-Crocodylomorpha
suborderCrocodyliformesHay 1930
-MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
-NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
-Crocodylia
-BrevirostresCuvier
superfamilyAlligatoroideaGray 1844
genusDiplocynodonPomel 1847
speciesDiplocynodon darwini
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Diplocynodon darwinispeciesbelongs to Diplocynodonstated with evidenceBerg, 1966
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance48.6 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance47.8 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Environmentmarine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Crocodylia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. A. Brochu. 1999. Phylogenetics, Taxonomy, and Historical Biogeography of Alligatoroidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(S2):9-100

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1877Alligator darwini Ludwig
1877Crocodylus ebertsi Ludwig
1966Diplocynodon darwini Berg
1966Diplocynodon ebertsi Berg
1999Diplocynodon darwini Brochu
2010Diplocynodon darwini Martin p. 605 fig. 10
2011Diplocynodon darwinii Puértolas et al. fig. 5
2012Diplocynodon darwini Delfino and Smith
2020Diplocynodon darwini Rio et al.

References

Brochu C. A. (1999) Phylogenetics, Taxonomy, and Historical Biogeography of Alligatoroidea, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19 S2, 9-100
Martin J. E. (2010) A new species of Diplocynodon (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) from the Late Eocene of the Massif Central, France, and the evolution of the genus in the climatic context of the Late Palaeogene, Geological Magazine 147 4, 596-610
Puértolas E., Canudo J. I., et al (2011) A new crocodylian from the late Maastrichtian of Spain: Implications for the initial radiation of crocodyloids, PLoS One 6 6, e20011:1-12 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020011
Delfino M., Smith T. (2012) Reappraisal of the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the middle Eocene alligatoroid Diplocynodon deponiae (Frey, Laemmert, and Riess, 1987) based on a three-dimensional specimen, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 6, 1358-1369
Rio J. P., Mannion P. D., et al (2019) Reappraisal of the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the alligatoroid crocodylian Diplocynodon hantoniensis from the late Eocene of the United Kingdom, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz034/5525732
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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